Rig Veda (translation and commentary)
by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382
The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...
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Rig Veda 8.15.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वं वृषा॒ जना॑नां॒ मंहि॑ष्ठ इन्द्र जज्ञिषे । स॒त्रा विश्वा॑ स्वप॒त्यानि॑ दधिषे ॥
त्वं वृषा जनानां मंहिष्ठ इन्द्र जज्ञिषे । सत्रा विश्वा स्वपत्यानि दधिषे ॥
tvaṃ vṛṣā janānām maṃhiṣṭha indra jajñiṣe | satrā viśvā svapatyāni dadhiṣe ||
English translation:
“You, Indra, who are the showerer, have been born the most bountiful of beings; you associate with youall good offspring.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
i.e. you give offspring, and all good things
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): goṣūktyaśvasūktinau kāṇvāyanau;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । वृषा॑ । जना॑नाम् । मंहि॑ष्ठः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । ज॒ज्ञि॒षे॒ । स॒त्रा । विश्वा॑ । सु॒ऽअ॒प॒त्यानि॑ । द॒धि॒षे॒ ॥
त्वम् । वृषा । जनानाम् । मंहिष्ठः । इन्द्र । जज्ञिषे । सत्रा । विश्वा । सुअपत्यानि । दधिषे ॥
tvam | vṛṣā | janānām | maṃhiṣṭhaḥ | indra | jajñiṣe | satrā | viśvā | su-apatyān i | dadhiṣe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.15.10 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“big.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[adverb]
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“child; offspring; patronymic; descendant.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”